Houston Inventors Association

MEMBERS PROVIDING SERVICES FOR INVENTORS

PATENT ATTORNEYS & PATENT AGENTS Ken Roddy - Patent Agent services, patent searches, patent applications, patent drawings, and Invention Emporium online shopping for unique new products and general merchandise.

Kevin M. Jones, Kevin M. Jones & Associates, LLC A full service law firm for the small to medium business - Business Formation, Contract Review & Drafting, Non-Profit Formation & Management, Patent Prosecution, Inventor Support, Mediation.

Michael Spradley, Patent Attorney www.myidealaw.com - Patents, Trademarks, Copyrights, Trade Secrets, Intellectual Property Licensing, Litigation, Business Entity Formation, and Contracts.

PATENT LITIGATION ATTORNEYS David Fink - Contingency Patent Litigation Attorney (if unsuccessful, no fee for legal services, only disbursements must be paid.

John K. Buche, Buche & Associates,P.C. - A business law firm, business litigators and trial attorneys.

PATENT LICENSING Dan Altman - Licensing and Commercialization - Helping inventors, entrepreneurs, companies, universities, and government agencies with licensing (intellectual property transfer), product commercialization and management consulting services.

Yve Golan WorldInnova.com - Invests in, develops, and licenses new products. If accepted, they pay for filing the patent application, building a prototype, and conducting market research necessary to license the product. If they secure a licensing arrangement, they take a percentage of the royalties and the inventor keeps the rest. Their share of the royalties varies from 35% to 65%, depending on the stage of development of the product when initially presented.

Mike Cyrus, Cyrospace, Inc. - Time & cost efficient design and development, technology commercialization and transfer. Internet marketplace for listing your breakthrough technologies and inventions.

PROTOTYPES AND MODELS Scott Vande Vegte, www.dserapid.com - Rapid Prototyping and Design - Utilizing Fused Deposition Modeling (FDM) to make models and parts in ABS plastic. One part prototypes to low production runs.

Jason Applewhite, of Laser Imaging Co. sells 3-D imaging machines that can make plastic parts for inventors, and provides rapid prototyping services.

Glen Jones www.augus.com - Custom Design, Electro-mechanial equipment design, In-house Manufacturing and Testing

Grant Schaffner, PhD, ProtoStar Engineering - ProtoStar Engineering - Rapid Prototyping, engineering services, product development, mechanical and electrical engineering design, industrial design, analysis capability (structural/finite element analysis, linkage/mechanical system dynamics, biomechanics, control systems/advanced control algorithms, thermal, fluid dynamics/aerodynamics). They also assist with brainstorming and problem solving - medical devices, aerospace, human performance, and consumer products, and offer equity sharing (no money up front) to straight consulting fees. Phone 832-215-2088

Mike Zerkus, www.cmresearch.com Motion Control & Instrumentation Design, Prototypes, Production.

Thomas Brzustowicz, Ph.D, Automated Instrument Company -18065 Upper Bay Rd., Suite 225, Houston, TX 77058
(281) 333-3679 Toll free: (877)999-4242 Brzustowicz@Yahoo.com - Design, Engineering, Sensors, Actuators, Robotics, Controls, Custom Software, Electronics, Computers, Automation.

H "Hobo" Wolcott - Prototypes, Models, Production Drawings, Phone: 713-944-6531.

David Olson - Prototypes & Welding - Works with all materials, Metal, plastics, wood, etc. (936) 372-2373 dolson@crc-evans.com

PRODUCT DESIGN AND DEVELOPMENT Rajan Sedalia,www.artjar.com - Product Design and Packaging, Industrial Design, Illustration.

Mike Philips - Drafting & Illustration, Autocad, Photoshop, Illustrator. 422 Lockfield, #209, Houston, TX 77092,
Phone: (713) 682-2060, (713) 480-2007 (cell)

Mike Gillespie Brite Ideas - Product design, illustration, drawings for patents, logos, graphics, prototyping, and invention development. 6430 W. FM 1960, Suite 121, Houston, TX 77069, Phone: (281) 444-6066, (832) 453-4332 (cell)

TOY DESIGN AND MARKETING David Ayers, www.ayers-concepts.com - Toy Design, Consulting, and Agent for Toy Inventors.

Mike Gillespie,Brite Ideas - Product design, illustration, drawings for patents, logos, graphics, prototyping, and invention development. 6430 W. FM 1960, Suite 121, Houston, TX 77069, Phone: (281) 444-6066, (832) 453-4332 (cell)

MARKETING - PUBLIC RELATIONS - ADVERTISING Mary Lynn Fernau, The Fernau Group - Public Relations and Marketing - Identify your audience, determine your message and get public exposure for your business, product or project.

WEBSITE DESIGN AND INTERNET J J Lassberg True Light Resources - Website Design and Search Engine Optimization.

OVERSEAS PRODUCTION - IMPORTING Hilmar Lassberg - Importing and Overseas production in China Phone: 281-870-1075

Zhimin Wang - China Wang, LLC - overseas manufacturing in China and importing - including metal stamping, machining parts, casting, plastic items, PCB boards, electronic components and assembly, textile, wood items and printing. Phone: 713-598-5167.

John Delatorre, Deladiep, Inc. - component sources, prototypes and production in Vietnam. P.O. Box 1341, Sugar Land, TX 77487, (713) 589-3149.

VIDEO TAPING Eddie Hestand - Video taping of product presentations Phone: 713-723-2428

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